Yes I know physical singles have been dying a slow death over the past couple years, so much now that there is hardly anywhere on the high street where you can buy new cd singles (some places do Vinyls).

 

Now the only place to buy CD singles is from online, but now with strong rumours that HMV.co.uk will be bringing in a free postage limit of £5 (so any orders under £5 you will have to pay for postage) to save on money, will harm CD singles.

 

So will 2009 be the year that the CD single finally dies?

Quite possibly.

Quite possibly

Is there an echo in this thread??:rolleyes:

Is there an echo in this thread??:rolleyes:

 

:laugh3::lol::laugh3:

Is there an echo in this thread??:rolleyes:

 

Maybe doing it in the echo room at St. Paul's wasn't such a bright idea

yeah, guess it's very possible, I've barely found 2 around here ever but as long as physical albums don't die, it's ok for me

My local HMV stores still sell CD singles.

 

I never buy CD singles anyway.

I havent bought any CD singles this year, even though last year I seemed to have bought 200.

 

As much as I love them, I'll have to say yes. The CD single is as good as dead.

they were still alive?

I only buy Coldplay singles :dozey:

I would say so.

They were killed off completely in North America in the mid-90s, and no one even realized.

 

Of course it's also what made illegal downloading worse to begin with- after that point pop records had increasing amounts of filler and we had to buy the whole thing to get that one song, which led to revolt. But hardly anyone even remembered there used to be a different option.

 

At least if they do die, there's always online now. And I predict EPs will become much bigger as bands look for a new outlet for non-album songs.

My local HMV stores still sell CD singles.

 

I never buy CD singles anyway.

 

Lucky you, but for how long?

Lucky you, but for how long?

 

Until they go out of business??:rolleyes:

Zavvi are rumoured to be one of the 10 companies which are predicted to fold in the new year due to the crunch.

 

But HMV are save

I used to be a big, big singles fanatic: collecting singles from my favourite bands.

 

I still buy singles, but only online (recordstore.co.uk mostly). Most shops aren't even selling singles anymore.

Too bad artists are kinda giving up on singles themselves. Singles are often released as 7" or digital downloads only, which is a shame.

 

Coldplay, R.E.M., Radiohead and Travis included.

i personally think people only buy cd singles of one or two favourite bands. you know, when you're a die hard fan.

 

so the sales are falling down, i would say albums will be still around as the digital form has lower sound quality. and what i noticed is some people i know actually prefer to buy a vinyl single with bonuses that cd singles. :)

The Hit40UK chart as of this week will not count physical singles sales in their chart, only downloads.